Ballymullen

53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymullen, from 77 m² to 517,161 m² (51.72 ha, 127.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballymullen in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 20 Nov 2025Conditional

  (i) Retain alteration (Roller Door to Side Elevation) made to existing Industrial unit previously granted planning Ref 10/290. (ii) Retain two no. Storage containers and two no. Staff Office containers. (iii) Full planning permission to construct an extension to the rear of existing Industrial unit. (iv) Full planning permission to construct a new Industrial unit with all associated site works

  Retention · Laois County Council, 2560769

• 9 Jun 2025Conditional

  to amend previous permission 21/400 as follows: (a) a new house and garage design (b) the revised location of the house and garage on the site to that as granted by permission ref. no. 21/400

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2560345

• 21 Sept 2023Conditional

  Extraction of sand and gravel (c. 787,310m3 total or c. 1.57 million tonnes total, at a maximum extraction rate of c. 200,000 tonnes per annum) over the proposed 10 year permission sought; alterations to the existing agricultural entrance to create an entrance to the site with associated gates, piers and boundary fencing; provision of a haul road; site clearance; overburden removal; construction of screening berms; provision of a wheelwash and refuelling hard standing area; provision of hard and soft landscaping; and all associated site works above and below ground. The development will also consist of the phased and progressive restoration of the site to beneficial agricultural after-use. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2360390

• 14 Dec 2022Conditional

  (a) retain 4 no. Staff welfare containers to facilitate social distancing requirements as per Covid guidelines; (b) 3 no. steel storage containers with canopies to provide shelter for Workers; (c) 1 no. mechanics storage container; (d) Single lean-to shed to provide shelter for materials storage and all associated site works

  Retention, 8 homes · Laois County Council, 22751

• 26 Apr 2022Conditional

  retain gantry mounted crane and alterations to an adjoining shed previously granted planning permission Ref. 10/288

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 22253

• 11 Oct 2021N/a

  develop as follows: The development consists of a total area of 8.5 Hectares comprising of the following: Removal of existing stand of trees, vegetation and overburden; Extraction of underlying sand and gravel; Upgrading of existing entrance and site lines to include removal of boundary vegetation; Construction of screening berms, wheel wash facility & refueling area; Landscaping and restoration of the site to agricultural land on completion of extraction; All associated ancillary facilities/works; The applicant is seeking a 10 year permission as part of the planning application; The application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report and a Natura Impact Statement.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 21694

• 19 Aug 2021Conditional

  renovate and extend existing house to include a two storey extension, decommission existing septic tank, install a new septic tank and percolation area, close existing entrance and open new entrance and all associated and necessary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 21583

• 18 Aug 2021N/a

  renovate and extend existing house to include a two storey extension, decommission existing septic tank, install a new septic tank and percolation area, close existing entrance and open new entrance and all associated and necessary site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 21581

• 2 Jun 2021Conditional

  construct a detached, split-level single storey dwelling, detached garage, removal of hedgerow and existing agricultural entrance, the provision of a new vehicular entrance and driveway, the provision of landscaping including boundary treatments and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground, including wastewater treatment system and percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 21400

• 8 Jan 2020N/a

  develop a total area of 8.5 hectares comprising of the following: Removal of existing stand of trees, vegetation and overburden; Extraction of underlying sand and gravel; Upgrading of existing entrance and sight lines to include removal of boundary vegetation; Construction of screening berms; Erection of an office/canteen and wheelwash; Landscaping and restoration of the site; All associated ancillary facilities/works; The applicant is seeking a 20 year permission as part of the planning application; The application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR)

  Permission · Laois County Council, 207

• 23 Dec 2019N/a

  develop a total area of 8.5 hectares comprising the following: removal of existing stand of trees, vegetation and overburden; extraction of underlying sand and gravel; upgrading of existing entrance and site lines to include removal of boundary vegetation; construction of screening berms; erection of an office/canteen and wheelwash; landscaping and restoration of the site; all associated ancillary facilities/works. The applicant is seeking a 20 year permission as part of the planning application. The application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR)

  Permission · Laois County Council, 19733

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballymullen.

Recorded monuments

• LA024-039 Enclosure
  Description

  Marked on the 1841 and 1909 editions of the OS 6-inch map; a semicircular enclosure (max. diam. c. 30m NW-SE). Described as a small D-shaped enclosure with gap on E side (OPW file). No visible surface remains. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA030-001 Enclosure
  Description

  Marked on the 1841 ed OS 6-inch map; a circular enclosure (max. diam. c. 20m). In undulating countryside. No visible surface remains. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA030-004 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  A circular area (diam. c. 32.5m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 2.2m; int. H c. 0.8m, ext. H c. 1.5m) from NE-NW, and an external fosse (Wth c. 4.3m) from NE-SE. No other visible surface remains. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA030-005 Burial
  Description

  Two skeletons were discovered while digging for gravel. One was an extended inhumation of a young adult, aligned E-W, found 0.3m below present ground level. The hands were crossed over the left hip-bone and the feet appeared to have been tied together. No evidence of a burial mound or grave goods (OPW file). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballymullen.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballymullen.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Ballymullen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.

Name

Ballymullen · Baile an Mhuilinn

Area

2,549,331 m² (254.93 ha, 629.95 acres)

Civil parish

Abbeyleix, and its townlands

Barony

Cullenagh

Electoral division

Abbeyleix, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Abbeyleix electoral division: 2,979 people in 1,145 households; 74% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Abbeyleix Demesne, Ballymaddock, Clonkeen, Drimaterril, Knocknamoe, Raggettstown, Ralish

Placenames

Ballymullen on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.